'How to be a Lesbian'

Experimenting with the scanner

Working with Queer Contact

Recently, I've been part of a project called 'Queer Contact', the Contact Theatre's involvement with LGBT history month. We worked with their current artist in residence Qasim Shaheen on a project we named 'Urban Shrines'. The initial meetings were based mainly on discussion and figuring out what exactly it was we were aiming to produce, with the time given.

Self Portraits

 Visual portraits VS Conceptual portraits

Business Card

For our latest graphics brief, we were given the task to create our own business card. The aim was to create a personal advertisement which would hopefully catch the eye of the receiver.

I scanned in two pieces of cardboard and a drawing of myself, then layered the cardboard over the drawing and proceeded to 'cut out' the letters and numbers. 

My business card has a quite a 'hand made' feel to it, with the crudely cut letters and the use of cardboard as a surface, a theme I have used in my work previously.

Miltos Manetas

http://www.manetas.com/

I actually first came across Miltos Manetas when I bought a t-shirt with one of his drawing printed on it, as part of the Join Red campaign gap were supporting. When I saw the image (pictured below) I feel in love with it instantly because of the how delicately the lines have been drawn, how serene the piece looks because of the closed eyes and especially the addition of computer wires in the subject's hair. Previously I have used discarded computer wires in my work to create bolder lines and to add third dimension to a piece.